Marty hints at a date for Halo 2 Soundtrack Vol. 2, I hint at some new Halo novel action and do a little social engineering, in a weekly update destined to languish in mild obscurity for thousands of years.

It's nearly midnight, everyone's asleep and a Humpday needs to happen? What do you do? You venture alone, into the hell of the recently deployed Matchmaking update. Three new gametypes, three different results. Can Bungie squeak one out?

Lots of info about the new playlist update, sure to set our forums ablaze with hate and love, and some snippets of stuff 360 owners might be interested in. And if you care about your stats, READ CAREFULLY!

We just got back from the Xbox 360 launch at a giant aircraft hangar in the desert. We had a blast, but now we're taking off for Thanksgiving, suckaz. We strongly suggest you check out this story. Especially the part about Warren Sapp.

Another Humpday Challenge came and went. The question is usually: Who handed Bungie's butt to them this time? Well it wasn't quite so clear cut this time around. Check out our battle against the Seasoned Gamers inside.

We have a minor flashback this week taking questions from the kidz. And the kidz are all right. This week we address matchmaking, cheating, dance carefully around the next project and lots, lots more. Nothing too heart-stopping.

When will we ever learn? This time we looked to Bungie's own Groups, and found an all-girl gang that beat, stomped, kicked and murderized us into submission. The Cayote Cavegirls showed Bungie that men are men, and really, what's that worth?

I won't say this update is PACKED with stuff, but it does have SOME stuff in it. Check it out, and decide for yourself if it's a tease or a please. News on our Auction, the Vol. 2 soundtrack and some game we're working on.

Your chance to bid on some incredibly collectible, valuable and rare Bungie items, and raise money for Hurricane victim relief in the process. In concert with our favorite community site, Halo.Bungie.Org, we're opening the floodgates of schwag! Get your wallets out.

Thanks to the overwhelming generosity of our community, the Fight the Flood campaign to raise money for the American Red Cross was a rousing success. Thanks to all who donated, and wear your T-Shirts with pride. You made a difference.

A short update this week, but there’s a couple of snippets in here, including the number of banhammers dropped to date. If short updates make you mad, and then you email me to complain, just go enjoy the weekend instead!

Now that we've launched our toughest playlist ever, Team Hardcore, we thought we'd employ some expert assistance to advise beginners on how to stay alive for more than ten seconds. The MLG's own Dolbex has some wise words.

Sometimes, when new guys start, they're gullible enough to believe us when we claim that it is necessary to be interviewed on Bungie.net. They are more likely to be gullible when they work for Noguchi. Meet Bob.

Halo 2 is played by a LOT of people. That means a LOT of statistics. We broke out and broke down some numbers. Some are predictable, some are scary and some are completely surprising. Come inside and see for yourself.

So the Humpday Challenge has been offline for a while. but now it's back. With a vengeance. This week, we took on random suckers in three taut games of Team Snipers. But next week, it could be YOU in our crosshairs!

Frankie is out sick so I began writing on his behalf only to have his version arrive moments before we went live. The result is a double feature with twice as much update lovin. Read about a few minor bits of news and the latest on Frankie's ailing health...